Strong's Definition
or mattarah {mat-taw-raw'}; from 5201; a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)
KJV Usage: mark, prison
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מַטָּרָה (mat.ta.rah) — (Gate of the) Guard.
This name means guard, prison
מַטָּרָה (mat.ta.rah) — guardhouse. 1) guard, ward, prison, mark, target 1a) guard, ward, prison 1b) target, mark (fig. of chastisement)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · נטר
Names of Constructions
Collocation: חֲצַר מַטָּרָה
courtyard of the guard literally: court of the guard; hence: = a place in the royal palace ► where certain prisoners were confined
NEH 3:25 · JER 32:2 · JER 32:8 · JER 32:12 · JER 33:1 · JER 37:21 · JER 37:21 · JER 38:6 · JER 38:13 · JER 38:28 · JER 39:14 · JER 39:15
Names of Constructions
Collocation: שַׁעַר מַטָּרָה
Gate of the Guard = one of the city gates of Jerusalem
noun f
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַטָּרָה and מַטָּרָא n.f. 1. guard, ward, prison. 2. target, mark base